Human Resources: Current Issues and Trends

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Designed to develop key competencies and skills for researching, writing, and presenting information in a manner that will ensure academic and managerial success. Emphasis is given to hands-on training in techniques and methods for extracting and communicating best practices, competitive intelligence, legal information, statistical data, and academic research on topics of current interest to business. Topics covered will vary by semester and will be based upon current issues and trends in the HR field as submitted by HR executives of primarily Fortune 500 companies. Students will be required to apply best practices to a number of styles of business communication, including emails, memorandums, and executive summaries. In addition, the major assignment consists of an extensive research paper based on academic sources available through the Catherwood Library. Students will have the opportunity to revise their writing based on the feedback provided by the instructor and by their peers.